Womens Studies

Em     022000
E7     020100
D      xx0232
G      320033
A7     x02020
Bm     x24432
Gbm    244222
G/Gb   2x0033


Intro
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D  E7  G  D  x 2


Verse 1
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    (D)                     E7    
I'm drinking tea and taking unpaid
              G                   
 leave from my women's studies uh 
D
huh
    (D)         E7            
Out here in the meadow with the 
           G                 D
people's history of America
    (D)       E7             
I smoke a pipe  for Johnny 99 
G                D
Bi-partisan Con-sensus
    (D)                E7         
Keeping it dry nothing flighty on 
G                        D
orders from my therapist


Chorus 1
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        A7
We were young and we were stupid
       G             D
It was fine while it lasted
       A7
To com-plete my education
         G               Bm
I had to wake up in your bathtub
          Gbm            G
All those Monday morning quarters
       A7            D
I grew so accustomed to

E7 G D


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Verse 2
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   (D)                         
OK I've seen enough and made my 
 E7             G             
recommendations my work here is 
   D
finished
   (D)            E7             
Your powers of re-duction remain 
G                    D
strangely undiminished
    (D)           E7              
Yes a-you in your hushed tones and
     G               D
 your campus etiquette
    (D)               E7           
If we cannot speak of nothing then 
G                             D
nothing should keep her mouth shut


Chorus 2
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        A7
We were young and we were stupid
       G             D
It was fine while it lasted
      A7
Yes I wrote my dissertation
       G                 
On the bar stools of your 
 Bm
neighbourhood
        Gbm                  
But the bars were filled with 
 G
lawyers
       Gbm           G
Filing action two by two
            Gbm           G       
Through the valley of the women 
     A7             D
that I am not married to


Bridge
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             G                     
Oh are these riches here the spoils
          D
 of my re-treat
      G                E7         
These rented rooms and batchelor's
    A7
 de-grees
       G               D
It's a Penguin Classic scene
       G         /Gb   Em
Broken spine and faded green
          C9   G       Em        
Trying to relo-cate my arms 
    A7        D
around a memory

E7 G D E7 G D


Verse 3
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    (D)                     E7    
I'm drinking tea and taking unpaid
              G                   
 leave from my women's studies uh 
D
huh
    (D)                      E7   
Hiding up here in the library  
     G              D
with the great wall of China
    (D)                 E7       
Now if Josef K was from Edinburgh
G                      D
 and Fast Product from Prague
    (D)                   E7       
Maybe that could be kinda funny or 
G                  D
maybe not funny at all


Chorus 3
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        A7
We were young and we were stupid
       G             D
It was fine while it lasted
       A7
To com-plete my education
         G               Bm
I had to wake up in your bathtub
          Gbm            G
With the shadows of the women
       A7             D
That I am not married to


Out
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D E7 G x D 2

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I hope I’ve done it justice!

Kevin O’Brien
Watford
England
July 2015